Fattoria di Maiano

Very very good. Only downside is if you want easy access to shops and downtown Florence it might not be for you, otherwise very highly recommended.

We would have liked to have been informed earlier that our room was a walk away from the main building. We had cases and help would have been appreciated

Staff is so incredibly nice. I wish we could have stayed longer because with all we had planned we didn't get a chance to really walk around the farm. No A/C if that is a consideration for you, but we went in the fall so the temps were comfortable.

Arrived hungry on a Sunday evening when the restaurant should have been closed; it opened for a coach party;then 20 guests also wanted to eat so maybe staff were stretched/stressed as the whole eating experience was not good (food as well as service) a small menu with our choices not available. There are two reasonable restaurants & a Diner/Gelateria within a couple of minutes walk up the road so ate there for rest of week.The B&B rooms are up the road with the Breakfast area close by; breakfasts being mainly meats & cheese may suit some Europeans but with no cereal or any cooked food maybe less ideal for the English palate; Yogurt & coffee was good. Did not use pool as it was some walk (down the road and down a track from our room in our dressing gowns - don't think we do that).The road towards Florence was narrow and single track in places but was quick to get to the E35 ring road.The walk to Fiesole to catch the Bus #7 or the Red Hop-on/Hop-off Sightseeing bus was only 10 minutes and that saved any driving issues in the centre of Florence (traffic & parking can be difficult I believe). Great views on the bus journey. The #7 Bus driver did not sell tickets, other passengers said their hotel sold them the ticket; our hotel reception did not do that for us - we later found the Sightseeing bus ticket covers the normal bus which gave us the option of either bus coming home to Fiesole. iPhone GPS maps saved our trip around Italy navigating in busy fast traffic.